Shift Work in the Wholesale and Retail Trade Sector

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• Personal Author:
  Bhattacharya, Amit ; Quay B
• Description:
  Introduction: The Wholesale and Retail Trade (WRT) Sector employed 21,740,100 workers in January 2019, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics. WRT includes a wide variety of workplaces including gas stations, grocery stores, and wholesale warehouses, where workers face safety and health risks associated with shift work. This study focused on shift work in WRT and explored its association with socioeconomic and demographic variables including age, gender, income, region, and education during 2012-2017. Methods: We used data from the American Community Survey, a large nationwide survey conducted annually by the U.S. Census Bureau (USCB) that has information on individual work schedules as well as socioeconomic and demographic variables. We used USCB-provided weights to estimate annual nationally representative statistics. We used a multinomial logistic regression model to analyze data on 158,104,169 WRT workers, averaging over 26 million observations per year for each of the years examined. We classified shifts as follows: early, if the shift started before 6 am; regular, if the shift started between 6 am and 6 pm; and night, if the shift started at 6 pm or later. Results: Preliminary results showed that during 2012-2017, 82% of WRT workers worked in retail trade, 52% were male, and 45% were 14-34 years old. In addition, 10% of workers had early shifts, 86% worked regular shifts, and 4% worked night shifts. Individuals working in the early shift earned considerably lower wages compared to those who had regular or night shifts. Finally, the odds of working in the night shift were higher for retail workers and workers with less years of education, and the odds of working in the early shift were higher for older workers. Discussion: This is the first attempt on analyzing shift work in WRT sector and we found that socioeconomic factors are associated with shift work in WRT. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Occupational Health Safety Shift Work Schedule
• Keywords:
  Demographic Characteristics Long Work Hours Retail Workers Shift Work Shift Workers Socioeconomics Work Schedules
• ISSN:
  1984-0063
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Idaho ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  26
• Volume:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057989
• Citation:
  Sleep Sci 2019 Aug; 12(Suppl 3):26
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Sleep Science
• Supplement:
  3
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215183/cdc_215183_DS1.pdf
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